diff --git a/ietf/ietfauth/utils.py b/ietf/ietfauth/utils.py
index 90ca61fad..432a124a6 100644
--- a/ietf/ietfauth/utils.py
+++ b/ietf/ietfauth/utils.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def has_role(user, role_names, *args, **kwargs):
 	    "WG Secretary": Q(person=person,name="secr", group__type="wg", group__state__in=["active","bof"]),
 	    "RG Chair": Q(person=person,name="chair", group__type="rg", group__state="active"),
 	    "RG Secretary": Q(person=person,name="secr", group__type="rg", group__state="active"),
+            "Team Chair": Q(person=person,name="chair", group__type="team", group__state="active"),
             "Nomcom Chair": Q(person=person, name="chair", group__type="nomcom", group__state="active", group__acronym__icontains=kwargs.get('year', '0000')),
             "Nomcom Advisor": Q(person=person, name="advisor", group__type="nomcom", group__state="active", group__acronym__icontains=kwargs.get('year', '0000')),
             "Nomcom": Q(person=person, group__type="nomcom", group__state="active", group__acronym__icontains=kwargs.get('year', '0000')),
diff --git a/ietf/secr/middleware/secauth.py b/ietf/secr/middleware/secauth.py
index 3154d9ca1..69417a8c7 100644
--- a/ietf/secr/middleware/secauth.py
+++ b/ietf/secr/middleware/secauth.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from ietf.ietfauth.utils import has_role, role_required
 
 
-
 class SecAuthMiddleware(object):
     """
     Middleware component that performs custom auth check for secretariat
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ class SecAuthMiddleware(object):
                 return login_required(view_func)(request,*view_args,**view_kwargs)
             elif self.is_unrestricted_url(request.path):
                 return role_required('WG Chair','WG Secretary','RG Chair','IAB Group Chair',
-                    'Area Director','Secretariat')(view_func)(request,*view_args,**view_kwargs)
+                    'Area Director','Secretariat','Team Chair')(view_func)(request,*view_args,**view_kwargs)
             else:
                 return role_required('Secretariat')(view_func)(request,*view_args,**view_kwargs)
         else: